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[Hancock, MI] The Portage Health Foundation (PHF) is releasing its second of three Community Recreational Facilities and Resources request for proposal (RFP). The intent of these targeted RFPs is to support projects that will have an impact on community health and wellness while addressing the systemic health needs and risk …

The city of Hancock is holding a public hearing Wednesday, January 15th to listen to comments about the proposed ordinance to opt-out of the law permitting recreational marijuana businesses. City officials state that this decision is not intended to be the city’s long-term position on recreational marijuana establishments but is …

Looking like something out of a 1990’s science fiction movie, retired Air Force Captain and local athlete, Dean Juntunen showed his friends his latest achievement. “So right now what I’m doing is strapping myself into this exoskeleton and I tell the robot to walk and then it starts stepping and …

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following news reports that President Trump is asking the Army Corps of Engineers to identify funds that could be used for construction of a border wall, U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), co-Chair of the Senate Great Lakes Task Force, and Gary Peters (D-MI), member of the Senate Great Lakes Task …

This Saturday, you can use your hands to help others while holding on to a tasty pulled pork sandwich.  Helping Hands of the Keweenaw will be holding a soup and pulled pork sandwich fundraiser at the Horizons School in Mohawk from 11am to 2pm. Volunteer Toni Waara says the organization …

Over the last decade, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources has invested over $630,000 of hunting license sales revenue to enhance deer habitat on private lands in the Upper Peninsula. That significant investment has been made through the Deer Habitat Improvement Partnership Initiative, a competitive grant program offered through the …

A paralyzed veteran from Mass City is up walking around for the first time in nearly three decades with the help of a robotic exoskeleton. 58-year-old Dean Juntunen is a medically retired captain from the Air Force who was severely injured in a fall in 1991.  He volunteered to take …

Superior National Bank is working to address a problem over the weekend that led to some fraudulent activity on some customers’ debit and ATM cards. Most of the fraudulent charges were less than $100 and bank officials are contacting affected customers directly and removing any fraudulent charges and corresponding fees …

Residents in the Houghton and Hancock area will soon have a new big box grocery and retail store to choose from.  Discussions have been underway for nearly a year between Meijer, Inc. and the city offices about the possibility of a Houghton Meijer location.  The sale of that property was …

As the push toward the midpoint of winter continues, the annual Heikinpäivä festival continues with more events this week. The Finnish-American celebration of the season features a spinning workshop and a squeaky cheese making class Monday afternoon at the Finnish-American Heritage Center.  The spinning workshop is at 2pm and the …